
Boston College Falls on the Road at Providence
January 25, 2020 | Women's Hockey
The Friars scored four unanswered goals for the Hockey East win.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence College topped the Boston College women's hockey team, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at Schneider Arena. Hannah Bilka and Alexie Guay both finished with two assists for the Eagles in the Hockey East contest.
Delaney Belinskas opened the scoring with her 15th goal of the season early in the opening frame but Providence answered back 26 seconds later. Kelly Browne's goal put the Eagles up midway through the period but the Friars again fired right back, finding the equalizer 20 seconds later for a 2-2 tie at the first intermission.
Providence then put home two goals in the second and got an insurance goal in the midst of a late BC push – with the Eagles firing 15 shots on goal in the final 20 minutes in the third period.
Maddy McArthur finished with 29 saves for the Eagles while Sandra Abstreiter had 27 stops for Providence. The Friars held the 34-29 lead in shots on goal.
Providence 5, RV Boston College 2
Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 | 2 p.m.
Schneider Arena | Providence, R.I.
SCORING
Providence: 14-10-2, 11-8-0 HEA
Boston College: 13-10-3, 12-8-2 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College will host Holy Cross on Friday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. at Kelley Rink.
Delaney Belinskas opened the scoring with her 15th goal of the season early in the opening frame but Providence answered back 26 seconds later. Kelly Browne's goal put the Eagles up midway through the period but the Friars again fired right back, finding the equalizer 20 seconds later for a 2-2 tie at the first intermission.
Providence then put home two goals in the second and got an insurance goal in the midst of a late BC push – with the Eagles firing 15 shots on goal in the final 20 minutes in the third period.
Maddy McArthur finished with 29 saves for the Eagles while Sandra Abstreiter had 27 stops for Providence. The Friars held the 34-29 lead in shots on goal.
Providence 5, RV Boston College 2
Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 | 2 p.m.
Schneider Arena | Providence, R.I.
SCORING
- 1st, 3:49 | 1-0, BC GOAL: Bilka touched the puck up to the left point for Guay to take a long wrist shot. Abstreiter made the initial save but Belinskas out muscled the PC defenders and pushed it home through Abstreiter's legs.
- 1st, 4:15 | 1-1, PC GOAL: Sara Hjalmarsson picked up a loose puck in the high slot, wheeled into the left circle and sent a wrist shot back across her body and inside the far post.
- 1st, 11:12 | 2-1, BC GOAL: Browne carried the puck from the BC zone and up the middle of the ice. As she curled to the right side and hit the blue line, she backhanded a puck in that bounced inside the left post, catching Abstreiter by surprise.
- 1st, 11:32 | 2-2, PC GOAL: Providence won the face off back to Lauren DeBlois and her wrist shot from the point took a deflection through traffic.
- 2nd, 1:05 | 2-3, PC GOAL: McArthur made an initial left-pad save on Hjalmarsson, but Hjalmarsson was able to pick up the rebound and tuck it inside the right post.
- 2nd, 19:36 | 2-4, PC GOAL: As Isabelle Hardy and Meaghan Rickard crossed the BC blue line, Hardy slide a pass over to Rickard on the left side of the zone where she was able to backhand a shot under the crossbar.
- 3rd, | 2-5, PC GOAL: Kathleen McHugh had her redirect attempt blocked but Ciara Barone was able to control the loose puck and finish at the right post.
- BC now holds a 38-38-3 record in the all-time series with Providence … the Eagles are 17-19-1 against the Friars at Schneider Arena … head coach Katie Crowley is 31-7-3 against Providence.
- Kate Annese skated in her 100th career game today … there are now seven Eagles on the 2019-20 roster with 100 or more career games played.
- With her goal in the first period, Kelly Browne now has 30 points on the year off of 10 goals and 20 assists.
- Hannah Bilka recorded her ninth multi-point and fourth multi-assist game of the season … the freshman now has six points (1-5-6) over the last four contests and 27 points (12-15-27) on the year.
- Alexie Guay picked up two assists on the day for her second multi-assist game of the season and third multi-point game of the year.
- Cayla Barnes finished with four blocks for the Eagles.
Providence: 14-10-2, 11-8-0 HEA
Boston College: 13-10-3, 12-8-2 HEA
UP NEXT
Boston College will host Holy Cross on Friday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. at Kelley Rink.
Team Stats
BC
PC
Shots
29
34
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
3
Penalty Mins
8
6
Faceoffs Won
22
28
Game Leaders
Skaters
Players Mentioned
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